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Serena cruises into semis; Sharapova pulls out in Rome

Her semifinal opponent will be surprising Romanian Simona Halep, who upended Serbian Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 at this clay-court French Open tune-up at Foro Italico.

Serena Williams extends winning streak to 22

Williams will next face either two-time Rome winner Jelena Jankovic or Romanian qualifier Simona Halep.

Murray retires with back pain; Nadal wins in Rome

Also, 13th-seeded Roberta Vinci beat wild card and fellow Italian Nastassja Burnett 6-1, 6-4; 14th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova rallied past Melanie Oudin of the United States 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; and...

Tennis Insider: Retirement no longer an option for Mardy Fish

On the women's side, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard played through qualifying at the clay-court tournament in Charleston, S.C., to reach the quarterfinals before losing to Jelena Jankovic.

Tennis roundup: Feisty Serena Williams wins Family Circle Cup

It took a feisty exchange with Jelena Jankovic for Serena Williams to calm down.

Sharapova, Radwanska, Kvitova advance at Indian Wells

Bartoli will meet Svetlana Kuznetsova in the round of 32 after the unranked Russian upset 18th-seeded and 2010 Indian Wells titlist Jelena Jankovic 0-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Sharapova and Kuznetsova win Indian Wells openers

A few minutes earlier, Kuznetsova had gotten her third service break of the match to finish off an 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 win over former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, the 18th seed.

Townsend wins WTA debut; Hantuchova moves on

Other former Indian Wells champs in the field are former world No. 1s Caroline Wozniacki, Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic.

Jankovic to meet Ormaechea for Bogota title

Jelena Jankovic rallied for a three-set win over Karin Knapp in the semifinals of the Copa Claro Colsanitas tennis event and will meet Argentina's Paula Ormaechea for the crown.

Jankovic eases into Bogota semis

Jankovic's semifinal opponent on Saturday will be Italian Karin Knapp, who took out defending Bogota champion Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6-3, 6-3.

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